I’m cautiously optimistic Johnson will be success at No.10… and it will be lots of fun, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 22 July 2019 With some justification, I frequently get accused of being a Pollyanna. Be warned. As I write this, having for weeks...

Bungling Secretary of State should have known Bill would be hijacked, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 15 July 2019 The only thing you can say for Karen Bradley as Secretary of State is that she’s managed to unite Northern Ireland’s political parties....

Christian beliefs of Trump’s number two should be treated with respect, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 July 2019 On Friday internet publication TheJournal.ie addressed itself to the news that the US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to visit Ireland...

It takes bravery to put your head above the parapet and challenge convention, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 July 2019 I went last week to the award of the Contrarian Prize in London. The dictionary definition of a contrarian is “a person who opposes or...

Published: 24 June 2019 Well, I finally made up my mind who I want to be the next Prime Minister. Having vacillated over the past few weeks, I’ve realised that it’s got to be Boris Johnson. I write that as headlines are full of a domestic row with his...

Published: 21 June 2019 With charm, diplomacy and brains, there is no reason why he can’t secure concessions from Ireland Writing earlier this week, the Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole was in despair at the prospect of Boris Johnson becoming Tory leader. “Who...

For the sake of Ireland, Naomi Long needs to avoid being entrapped by Sinn Fein, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 17 June 2019 After the Northern Ireland local elections last month, Sunday Independent columnist Eoghan Harris cast a critical eye at the...

We must challenge cynical attempts to make terrorists the good guys, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 10 June 2019 We’ve had a week being reminded of what we owe those who fought on and after D-Day to defeat the Nazis. We’ve also had another...

The party is used to riding two horses but it is now becoming more difficult, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 3 June 2019 Sinn Fein will be poring over the entrails of the recent election, but will they have the capacity to understand the severity of their...

Published: 27 May 2019 Once I realised that Theresa May was possibly the worst British Prime Minister ever, I kept blessing Margaret Thatcher for having been such a success that she made it okay for a female Prime Minister to fail. During all the wailing about...